10 years after Zod’s snapped neck, Martha, “some kinda Suicide Squad”, CGI moustache, rennouncing your wish, the hiearchy of power changing, and Speed Force PS1 graphics, the DC Extended Universe finally comes to a close. And it ends the same way it started - with a Rotten score....
I think, honestly, the worst thing about Star Wars fans discussing the intricacies of Star Wars is that there are no intricacies and it’s concerning how many people still missed the points.
Light Side Good Dark Side Bad Shut The Fuck Up About Gray Jedi And The Empire Doing Nothing Wrong
Everything else is a fanfiction. Even the Silmarillion. By far the most obnoxious reaction to the show is from “Tolkien purists” who got their entire Tolkien knowledge base from Peter Jackson.
The show is a perfectly Tolkienish story, despite the gratuitous lack of random singing, it’s just not a good one. Like, okay, you need to compress the timeline for the show, fair enough, just do a good job of that.
Wrong Durins to fight both the War of the Rings and the Balrog?
Then don’t tease the fucking Moria Balrog. If you want to use a Balrog, because Balrogs are fucking sweet, there was more than one…
Honestly, the weirdest part of the show is that they’ll follow a lore deep cut with something that could only possibly fool someone that missed the deep cut, but also doesn’t know or care who Gandalf or Isildur is, so what’s the payoff for the reveal?
The DCEU ends not with a bang, but a wimper. (lemmy.ml)
10 years after Zod’s snapped neck, Martha, “some kinda Suicide Squad”, CGI moustache, rennouncing your wish, the hiearchy of power changing, and Speed Force PS1 graphics, the DC Extended Universe finally comes to a close. And it ends the same way it started - with a Rotten score....
I am astounded that someone made this... (lemmy.world)
Someone didn't think out the implications. (lemmy.world)
I never learn my lesson (startrek.website)
fairies (lemmy.world)
uncomfortable levels of eye contact (mander.xyz)
Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive. (variety.com)
kawaii mouth breathing (lemmy.world)
I'll try to follow my very emotionally healthy idols better (startrek.website)
I knew it all along! (lemmy.world)
To the surprise of everyone, the Rapture happened yesterday but it didn't quite go as expected. (lemmy.world)
Me, on Monday (lemmy.world)
Why is she making KD at 1:30 am? (slrpnk.net)
This truly is the year of the linux desktop (lemmy.world)
How times change (lemmy.world)
Cause friendships never end! (lemmy.ml)